VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Waukesha family is grieving the loss of a mother and daughter who died in a house fire Monday morning, just three weeks after losing the family patriarch to natural causes. Firefighters were called to a home in the 1000 block of Fieldridge Court around 9 a.m. after a caregiver discovered smoke when arriving for work.
The victims have been identified by their family as 74-year-old Fran Kind and her 54-year-old daughter, Christine Bova. Kind’s husband, Don Kind, had died three weeks earlier at age 84 from medical issues.
“The caregiver called and said there was smoke in the house when she opened the door, and she called the fire department,” said Bob Kind, a family member. A neighbor jumped into action when he heard about the fire, running to the house with a fire extinguisher.
“He went over with a fire extinguisher when he opened the door; it was just black smoke. He ran through the house and opened the back door, and he said it helped. That’s when he found Fran and her daughter unconscious in the bedroom,” said Carol King, a neighbor.
